Southwest Airline of China is expected to open one international charter flight every week from Chengdu to Phuket, Thailand. It will be the 3rd international flight opened by Chengdu after Singapore and Bangkok.

The flight number for Chengdu-Phuket is SZ4037/8, Boeing 757 of SA will flight one time every Friday and return within a day.

It is said after opening of this flight, SA will continue to keep the weekly four-flight route Chengdu-Bankok

(Sichuan News net 12/19/2000)